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ENGRAVING  CONTEST RULES

···AREA OF THE ACTIVITY

International call

···ENTRY WORKS. 

- Free subject

- Free etching techniques (See Annex 2).

- Digital printed works won’t be admitted.

- Works must be done necessarily on Garzapapel papers (For sales points information or obtaining the paper even for free, see annex 1).

- Allowed sizes:  maximum size, 30x40cm. Any other sizes or weights offered by Garzapapel.

- The printed image size has no limit.

- Works submitted and awarded in other contests will not be accepted.

- There will be allowed 3 works per participant.

- It is not necessary to belong to the Facebook network to be a contestant, but it is advisable to be better informed, as it is also advisable to be a Fan of Garzapapel`s Facebook page.

···WORKS PRESENTATION

Works must be send freight paid, by registered mail or shipment agency.

Deadline: March 31th, 2014.

Mail Address:

Garzapapel

Huerto del Pobre, 10

03801 Alcoy

Spain

Telf: 965 543 967

- Attention!!! : you must use a rigid container or inner reinforcement for the shipment of the works. You can ask for the paper through Garzapapel's website and a reusable and suitable pack will be sent for return shipment.

···ATTACHED DATA TO THE WORKS.

Author identification:

Name or pseudonym....................................................

Street.........................................................................

Zip Code- City.............................................................

Province.....................................................................

Country......................................................................

Phone number............................................................

E-mail........................................................................

Facebook name and e-mail (if you have a profile)..........

Work identification:

Title..........................................................................

Technique, See Annex 2.............................................

Used Paper: Size and weight......................................

Date of the work.......................................................

A Short author’s Curriculum.

PLEASE TYPE OR FILL IN THIS PART WITH CAPITAL LETTERS.……………………………………………………………………………………………………

···SCHEDULE

- Deadline for submission: March 31th, 2014. The deadline will be determined by the date reflected in the registered mail or the date of the agency.

- Date for exhibition without a vote. As papers are received.

- Location : Garzapapel  Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Garzapapel/173802649313549

- Voting: From June 1st, 2014, till September 15 th, 2014.

- Location: closed facebook group created for the votes counting : "GARZAPAPEL jury ENGRAVING CONTEST"

- Date and place finalists exhibition and awards ceremony: Showroom in Alcoy, date to be determined. October 2014.

···CONTEST OPERATION/JURY

1.-Works Presentation: Works must be sent to the above address before March 31th, 2014.

2.-Exhibition of the work: As works are received, they will be photographed in high standard conditions and they will be exhibited with no voting possibility on Garzapapel Facebook page.

3.- Public Vote: On June the 1st 2014, a special and closed group will be created to count the votes. Coming into this group, you may exercise your right to vote, which only will be available to all those friends  selected in Mr. Jorge Marti’s profile and they will be able to exercise their votes under the conditions explained below  until the deadline  September the 15th 2.014. We will add to this group  those people who can vote through a facebook notification.

Composition of the jury:To participate as a jury it is compulsory to be a user of the social network Facebook.

To prevent abuse, only the friends of Mr. Jorge Marti’s profile, which have been selected for this purpose (printmakers and people related to the world of graphics)  will be able to take part as a jury.

Every member of the jury will have the right to select up to three works.

To vote every of them must write a brief comment on the jury group wall, writing down also the work reference numbers and the artist's name if desired.

You can also choose for a secret vote sending a message through facebook to Jorge Martí.

The misapplication of the votes will invalidate the voting.Garzapapel will notify this invalidation, giving thus the possibility to correct the votes.

4.-Transparent counting of the votes, the counting will be done by Garzapapel under the contest rules listed above.

5- Public announcement of the results:

Subsequent to the recount, all the works and results will be publicly exhibited:

1º On-line in the blog of Garzapapel ‘s web and in Garzapapel Facebook page.

2º Physical exhibition of the finalist works: In October 2.014 we’ll organize an exhibition of the finalists works in a Gallery in the city of Alcoy. Date and venue will be detailed when concluded.

···AWARDS:

First prize 500€ (400 € in cash and 100 € in a batch to choose among Garzapapel paper in the website).

5 prizes of 100€ for finalists in a batch to choose among Garzapapel paper in the website.

Garzapapel will have the right to increase the prize and diversification of the awards, depending on the audience participation.

- After the contest, Garzapapel’s intention is to promote an exhibition with the prints of the call, either in galleries or via on-line. With the aim of promoting the artist and Garzapapel brand. to pick up the works after the contest, he should state it when submitting the worksand he should deal with collecting them at the same address as the shipping, 2 months later of the awards ceremony.

- The participation on the call constitutes acceptance of the above points.

- Garzapapel would not be responsible for loss or damages of the works as a result of the transportation.

··· Annex 1.  Garzapapel paper access.

1 - You can buy the paper at the website www.garzapapel.com

2 - If you haven’t asked for samples previously you can ask for them completely free in Garzapapel website www.garzapapel.com  the size for the samples is 14 x 20 cm.To make it easy and minimize the cost all those people who has already asked for samples and now they can’t get the samples for free, in Garzapapel website we are offering a pack of papers very cheap in several sizes with free shipment worldwide.

3 - Garzapapel Worldwide  distributors:

 · AUSTRALIA

Parkers Sydney Fine Art Supplies Pty Ltd --- The Rocks Sydney --- 3, Cambridge Street 

Heileilderberg Fine art Wholesalers Pty. Ltd. --- Fitzroy --- 44-46 Greeves St.

 · AUSTRIA

Boesner --- Wien --- Unter der Kirche 4

 · CHINA

Yiwu Meiduomei Stationery Co. Ltd

 · DENMARK

Schmedes papir aps  --- Slagelse --- Helling Andersvej 14

Grafisk Eksperimentarium --- Copenhagen --- Trepkasgade 8, kld.tv.

 · GERMANY

Boesner --- Hannover --- Bornumer Str.146

Boesner --- Forstinning --- Römerstraße 5  Gewerbegebiet Moos

Boesner --- Berlin --- Nursdorfer Ring 31

Boesner --- Köln ---Girlitzweg  30 

Boesner --- Witten --- Gewerkenstr. 2

Boesner --- Düsseldorf --- Wiesenstraße 72

Boesner --- Nürnberg --- Sprottauer Str.37

Boesner --- Perl --- Nenniger Str. 10  Gewerbegebiet Wieser Weg

Boesner --- Stuttgart --- Sielminger Str. 82  Gewerbegebiet Stetten

Hand Made --- Bonn --- Friedrich  Wilhelm  Str. 41

Ingo Ronkholz  ---  Krefeld-Forstwald  --- Hochbendweg  130

Papierwerkstatt Dieter Bahr --- Heidelberg --- Handschuhsheimer Landsstr 45A

Gutenberg Shop --- Mainz --- Liebfrauenplatz 5

Papier Laden  /  Ute Burkart  --- Erlangen --- Waserturmstrasse 14

Fotobedarf Schild --- Stockach --- Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 8

 · GREECE

Batis Art Shop  --- Athens ---  Priinis, 3   Nea Erythrea  

 · HOLLAND

Mick Lemmimga --- Amsterdam --- Amstel, 34

Rolf Goedman --- The Hague --- Prins Hendrikstraat 51

 · HUNGARY

Zöldkertt 93 B.T. --- Debrecen --- Agardi, 2

 · ITALY

El rinconcito di Leonardo  --- Palermo --- Via Matteo Bonello, 39

 · JAPAN

The Writing Shop --- Nakagyoku --- 1F Octhill 141   Aburayacho

 · LATVIA

Creative Works Gallery --- Riga --- Lilijas street 15-2

 · LITHUANIA

UAB Vilnius Group --- Vilnius --- Bernardinu g. 10 – 6

UAB GRUDLITA --- Vilnius --- J. Matulaicio a. 11

 · RUSSIA

MOST --- Moscow --- Leningradskoe shosse, 92/1

MOST --- Moscow --- Fadeeva str., 6

MOST --- Moscow ---  Syromiatnicheskiy pereulok, 1

MOST --- Moscow ---  Starosadskiy pereulok, 5

 · SPAIN

La Dominotería ---Madrid --- C/Agustín Querol 5 Local A

Bellas artes Jeco --- Madrid --- Pelayo 38

Vicenç Piera --- Barcelona --- Via Augusta 161

Vicenç Piera --- Sant Cugat --- Torrent de la bomba 50

Tot en art --- Valencia --- Corona 35 B

Suministros gráfico modulos --- Valencia --- Gorgos 18, bajo

Cristobal Nogues e hijos --- Huesca --- Manuel Bescos, 2

En Caja y papel --- Vigo --- Simón Bolivar 15 B

Arte y cerámica de Galicia --- Vigo --- Rua Uruguay, 6

Xabier de Sousa Alonso --- O Porriño ( Pontevedra ) --- Rúa Cando, 1 5ºB

 · SWEDEN

Metalimo --- Malmö --- Stillmansgatan, 8

Ljunggrens Papper --- Stockholm --- Kopmangatan 3

 · SWITZERLAND

Boesner Unterentfelden --- Suhrenmattstrasse,31

 · UNITED KINGDOM

Euroart --- Wareham, Dorset --- 17 Forest edge rd

 · USA

Jerry's Artarama --- Austin, TX 78752 --- 6010 N IH 35 ( Exit 238A )

Jerry's Artarama --- Deerfield Beach, FL 33441--- 242 South Federal Hwy (Hillsboro Square)

Jerry's Artarama --- Houston, TX 77070 --- 12974-A Willowchase Dr

Jerry's Artarama --- Knoxville, TN 37919 --- 5220 Homberg Dr

Trail Plaza --- Miami, FL 33144 --- 1140 SW 67th Ave

Jerry's Artarama --- Antioch, TN 37013 --- 5361 Mount View Road

Jerry's Artarama --- Norwalk, CT 06851 --- 360 Main Ave

Jerry's Artarama --- Lawrence, NJ 08648 --- 2901 US Highway 1 (Route 1 South)

Jerry's Artarama --- Providence, RI 02903 --- 14 Imperial Place

Jerry's Artarama --- Raleigh, NC 27609 --- 3060 Wake Forest Road

Jerry's Artarama --- Tempe, AZ 85282 --- Fairlanes Village, Suite 1-3 4421 South Rural Road (Intersection of HWY 60)

Jerry's Artarama --- Virginia Beach, VA 23464 --- 5258-A Corner of Providence and Kempsville Road Fairfield Shopping

Jerry's Artist Outlet Essex Green Plaza --- West Orange, NJ 07052 --- Route 280 & Prospect Ave

Jerry's Artarama --- West Palm Beach, FL 33409 --- 2505Q Okeechobee Blvd Westward Shopping Center

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Annex 2

INTAGLIO TECHNIQUES

C Intaglio printing (blank); embossing

C1 Steel engraving

C2 Burin (graver or gouge) engraving, notably on copper

C3 Etching

C4 Dry point

C5 Aquatint

C6 Soft-ground or other ground-based etching

C7 Mezzotint

C8 Intaglio engraving on linoleum, plastic and other materials

RELIEF TECHNIQUES

X Relief printing (blank)

X1 Woodcut

X2 Wood engraving

X3 Linocut

X4 Relief-printed engraved or etched metal plates, notably metal cut

X5 Relief-printed metal plates created for intaglio printing

X6 Relief-printed engraving of other materials, for example synthetic ones

X7 (Chinese) stone stamp

FLATBED, STENCIL

L1 Autolithography

L2 Autography (transfer lithography)

L3 Zincography

L4 Algraphy

P8 Original photograph, hologram P9 Serigraphic reproduction (photosilkscreen)

S Stencil (pochoir) CRD Computer reproduced design

S1 Original serigraphy (screenprint) Y Photocopy

S2 Mimeography (dye stencil)

S3 Katazome (oiled-paper stencil)

S4 Kappa (Katazome made with persimmon juice)

CGD Computer generated design

/.mon. Monotype

/col. Hand-coloured

Mixed techniques must be indicated as individual symbols separated by plus signs, e.g. C2+C3+C5